Apple has released iOS 6.1 - it's not a huge release so you probably won't notice much. What is interesting, however, is that Apple has unveiled that after just five months, 300 million iOS devices have been updated to or run iOS 6 - about 60% of all iOS devices ever sold. Google can learn a lot from this, since we're 14 months down the line, and Ice Cream Sandwich is only on about 40% of Android devices. Like I said, trainwreck in slowmotion.

Nope. Galaxy S is still a high end phone compared to the value phones like the Ace, Y, SL-19003 (lower specs Galaxy S for emergent markets), Xperia Mini, etc. Those can't run ICS or JB because they are not even NEON or ARMV7 phones.
Also, Galaxy S didn't get an official ICS update because it doesn't fit in the rom, you have to place part of the OS on the memory card for it to work.